Mahony, Johnson, Levings Earn USILA Honor
3 Bulldogs Get All-America Honors
BALTIMORE, Md. – Winning the 2012 Ivy League Tournament and grabbing its first NCAA Tournament berth in 20 years helped produce some national individual honors for the Yale men's lacrosse team. Three Bulldogs, Greg Mahony (Mercer Island, Wash.), Peter Johnson (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Dylan Levings (Massapequa, N.Y.), were honorable mention USILA Division I All-Americans.
This is the first time Yale had three All-America picks since the 1990 squad placed a trio (Jon Reese, Tony Guido, Bryan Martin) on the first unit. These are the first USILA selections for Mahony, Johnson and Levings.
Mahony, a senior midfielder, scored 20 goals and had 28 points. He was a first-team All-Ivy pick this spring and led the Blue with three goals and the OT winner at Stony Brook on April 16. Mahony, selected for the 2012 Tewaaraton Award Watch List, is a two-time All-Ivy and All-New England selection who was taken by the Boston Cannons in the 2012 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft. His 74 career goals are 15th at Yale. He has a 3.44 GPA, is majoring in the history of medicine science (pre-med) and was selected as a 2012 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award candidate.
Johnson, a junior defenseman, was a first-team All-Ivy pick this spring. He ranked among the top 20 in Division I caused turnovers all season and was an Ivy All-Tournament Team selection.
Levings, Yale's face-off man, ranked among the top five in the nation all year and finished with a .632 mark. Levings, a 2012 honorable mention All-Ivy pick, was even better (.701) in league games, taking 80 of 114 battles, including a career-best 17 wins in 22 face-offs against Penn and Harvard. Against the Crimson, he won the first six face-offs and nine of the last 10, which earned him New England (NEILA) Player of the Week honors. He has 10 double-digit win outings this season and was among the top 10 in ground balls in Division I.
It's never easy to figure out what the voting will produce, but there was one glaring omission from the USILA list this year, Matt Gibson. The Yale senior attackman was honorable mention All-America the last two springs, was a 2012 Tewaaraton Award Watch List pick, led the 2012 Elis in scoring with 61 points and ignited the squad through the Ivy Tournament with 11 assists.
2012 USILA Division I All-America Team
First Team
Attack
Peter Baum Colgate Unniversity
William Manny University of Massachusetts
Steele Stanwick University of Virginia
Midfield
Colin Briggs University of Virginia
Robert Rotanz Duke University
Tom Schrieber Princeton University
LP Midfield
CJ Costabile Duke University
Face-off
RG Keenan University of North Carolina
Defense
Tucker Durkin Johns Hopkins University
Kevin Randall University of Notre Dame
Chad Wiedmaier Princeton University
Goalie
John Kemp University of Notre Dame
Second Team
Attack
Marcus Holman University of North Carolina
Mark Matthews University of Denver
Mike Sawyer Loyola University
Jordan Wolf Duke University
Midfield
Anthony Biscardi University of Massachusetts
Robert Guida Johns Hopkins University
Chris LaPierre University of Virginia
John Ranagan Johns Hopkins University
LP Midfield
Jesse Bernhardt University of Maryland
Face-off
Chase Carraro University of Denver
Defense
Matt Lovejoy University of Virginia
Michael Manley Duke University
Brian Megill Syracuse University
Jason Noble Cornell University
Goalie
Tyler Fiorito Princeton University
Third Team
Attack
Billy Eisenreich Bucknell University
Logan Schuss The Ohio state University
Garrett Thul United States Military Academy
Midfield
Brent Adams Fairfield University
Roy Lang Cornell University
Roman Lao-Gosney Lehigh University
Kiel Matisz Robert Morris University
Jeremy Noble University of Denver
LP Midfield
Scott Ratliff Loyola University
Face-off
Bobby Dattilo Hobart College
Stephen Robarge Virginia Military Institute
Defense
Joe Bonanni The Ohio State University
Tom Celentani University of Massachusetts
Ty Souders Lehigh University
Dana Wilber Drexel University
Goalie
Austin Kaut Penn State University
Honorable Mention
Attack
Jimmy Bitter University of North Carolina
Chris Bocklet University of Virginia
Jeff Cohen Harvard University
Joe Cummings University of Maryland
Kevin Cunningham Villanova University
Art Kell University of Massachusetts
Eric Lusby Loyola University
Matt Mackrides Penn State University
Kieran McArdle St. John's University
Bryan Neufeld Siena College
Joe Resetarits University at Albany
Midfield
Davis Butts Loyola University
Ryan Creighton University of North Carolina
Rob Emery University of Virginia
Cam Flint University of Denver
John Haus University of Maryland
Josh Hawkins Loyola University
Jeff Ledwick Colgate University
Greg Mahony Yale University
Will Mangan Rutgers University
Jim Marlatt University of Notre Dame
Justin Turri Duke University
LP Midfield
John Cunningham Princeton University
Tim Henderson United States Military Academy
Mason Poli Bryant University
Face-off
Dylan Levings Yale University
Defense
Reid Acton Loyola University
Joe Fletcher Loyola University
Peter Johnson Yale University
Scott McWilliams University of Virginia
Matt Miller University of Notre Dame
Goran Murray University of Maryland
Jake Smith University of Massachusetts
Goalie
Niko Amato University of Maryland
Pierce Bassett Johns Hopkins University
Charlie Cipriano Fairfield University
Rob Fortunato University of Virginia
Tim McCormack University of Massachusetts
Matthew Poillon Lehigh University
